Woman charged with cruelty to horses

Karen Barron is accused of allowing horses to starve on her rural Jay County farm

1:44 AM,
Mar. 13, 2014

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A Jay County woman is being prosecuted over her alleged neglect of several horses.

Karen Barron, 58, 6539 W. Jay County Road 650-N, Bryant, is charged with four counts of cruelty to an animal, a Class A misdemeanor carrying a maximum one-year jail term.

According to court documents, state police began an investigation last November after a veterinarian contacted authorities, reporting there were several emaciated horses on Barron's property, one of which had died of starvation. ...